Arizona Dreamers not sure they can stay but have nowhere to go

On this weekend's "Sunday Square Off," we hear from two DACA recipients who say they can’t return to the country they left as children, and they’re not sure the president will let them stay in the U.S.

Author:
Brahm Resnik

Published:
4:51 PM PST September 10, 2017

Updated:
4:52 PM PST September 10, 2017

President Trump’s decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program in six months has created a world of uncertainty for almost 30,000 undocumented immigrants in Arizona.

On this weekend's "Sunday Square Off," we hear from two DACA recipients who say they can’t return to the country they left as children, and they’re not sure the president will let them stay in the U.S. beyond six months if Congress doesn’t make DACA permanent.

My guests are Korina Iribe-Romo, a mother, Arizona State University graduate student and advocacy director at Undocumented Students for Education Equity at ASU, and Karina Ruiz, an ASU biochemistry graduate and president of the Arizona Dream Act Coalition.

Also on “Square Off”:

• Can President Trump and Congress agree on a new DREAM Act to protect DACA recipients? Nothing has passed in the 16 years since the first version of the DREAM Act was introduced.

What’s different this time? We’ll hear from guests Roy Herrera, an attorney, a former federal prosecutor and a former congressional Hill aide; and Constantin Querard, a Republican political consultant at the state and federal levels.

Elected officials from around the country meet this week at Arizona’s Capitol to take the first steps toward amending the U.S. Constitution. But there are fears they could tear up our founding document.